[0:12] And. >> all right.
[0:12] good morning everybody. I'm calling the jpa board of
[0:16] directors meeting of september 10th 2026 to order I am rafael
[0:20] mandel then the vice chair of the board.
[0:22] the board meeting is being held in-person at san francisco city
[0:26] hall. Members of the public may
[0:27] attend the meeting in person watch on s.f. Cable channel
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[0:37] s.f. Gov tv the website to stream the meeting live.
[0:43] thank you s.f. Gov tv. And madam secretary please call
[0:46] the roll. >> all right.
[0:47] thank you. A vice chair, madam.
[0:48] and I'd like to note we're going to go ahead and ask our
[0:51] management assistant albert fierro to guide us through the
[0:52] agenda today. That's okay with you.
[0:55] all right. Thank you, secretary gonzalez.
[0:58] directors before colleen roll, I would like to welcome our
[1:03] newest board members duane nguyen appointed by caltrans on
[1:06] august 13th, 2026 and park and cade appointed by ac
[1:09] transit on september nine, 2026.
[1:13] I also like to note that chair and director tollefson
[1:16] and mariano are absent today and that director suite will be
[1:20] serving as the acting mariana's alternate.
[1:21] I would like to note that director kirschbaum is en route
[1:25] and we will go ahead take presentations first as we await
[1:29] director questions for quorum. >> with that director kinkaid
[1:35] your kincaid present director larry larrabee present director
[1:39] nguyen here me and present director sweet your three
[1:46] present and vice chairman damien present and management
[1:50] present and directors at. >> should I go ahead
[1:58] and communicate more? Yes.
[2:01] >> yes. Should I go ahead and call your
[2:05] next item? Please do.
[2:06] all right. And directors item three is
[2:09] communications and we would like to note the process for
[2:10] members of the public to take public comment.
[2:13] members of the public may comment on the meeting during
[2:16] public comment periods in person or remotely.
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[2:21] be disrupted due to technical difficulties or otherwise
[2:24] in-person public comment will be taken first.
[2:26] remote public comment will be taken after the public comment
[2:30] and call in line is printed on the agenda and dialing
[2:33] instructions should be scrolling at the bottom of the
[2:36] screen on s.f. Gov tv and moving on to your next item
[2:44] . Item four is board of directors
[2:45] new and old business directors .
[2:48] >> I'm not aware any none. All right I revive is executive
[2:52] directors point three executive director good morning directors
[2:59] and welcome new directors. We're excited to have three
[3:02] members who've worked with and adjacent to this project
[3:03] for many years. Director quinn now running the
[3:07] district for caltrans office and has been engaged with this
[3:10] project in many ways for many, many years.
[3:13] director sweet, who's been on our executive working group
[3:17] and working with us internally for many years.
[3:18] on behalf of mayor laurie's office and director kinkaid who
[3:21] has been with ac transit now for six months to the week I
[3:25] believe and we had worked with in his capacity as an associate
[3:29] administrator at the federal transit administration.
[3:30] so excited to have your expertise and leadership on the
[3:34] board and welcome you to the hottest board meeting of 2026.
[3:40] okay, so happy transit month today.
[3:44] september is transit month and we are joining our bay area
[3:48] colleagues in celebrating all things transit this month we'll
[3:51] have details on the transit center's free activities
[3:52] and events but most notably invite you and members of the
[3:55] public to join us for our second annual pop-up transit
[3:59] art fair on september 23rd. It's a fun event in our grand
[4:05] hall where we have artists in the transit space providing
[4:09] their wares for for purchase in our grand hall and you'll
[4:14] see some of that artwork from last year hanging in our main
[4:17] office because we had a local artist depict the bus bridge as
[4:21] seen from our rooftop park. So ari walsh, our facilities
[4:25] director will provide more information about the upcoming
[4:28] events along with a review of the transbay joint powers eight
[4:31] anniversary celebration rooftop rhythms that just happened a
[4:35] couple of weeks ago in august along with our partners at the
[4:38] transportation security administration we held the
[4:41] first full scale public safety exercise of our facility
[4:42] in late august and had over 400 police public safety fire,
[4:48] transit and volunteer staff working through our public
[4:52] safety communications and it was a great opportunity to
[4:54] train train jointly with our partners and strength test our
[4:58] communications connections and preparations for a wide
[5:01] range of public safety incidents.
[5:02] and you'll hear a little bit more about that from our chief
[5:05] of security rodney here shortly regarding the portal we're
[5:09] continuing to advance technical durable work.
[5:10] you'll hear me say that most meetings because that is our
[5:13] our mission to move this forward and to address the
[5:17] funding gap we've been working on a couple of specific things
[5:21] since our last meeting. First, the state ended their
[5:24] legislative season on august 31st and the last few days as
[5:28] many of you I know are aware because you were engaged
[5:31] in them were in intense negotiations on the future of
[5:35] the cap and invest program which will populate some
[5:36] funding for one of our target resources which is the transit
[5:39] intercity rail capital program or rcp.
[5:43] so legislators from both sides worked to address a reduction
[5:46] and what we call tier three funding which included rcp as
[5:50] well as transit operating and affordable housing funding
[5:53] and that pot is expected to be smaller than as previously
[5:58] planned though we remain cautiously optimistic for our
[6:01] chances in the upcoming award decisions which we should hear
[6:03] in the coming weeks for the tricep application that we
[6:06] submitted in the spring for $750 million that 750 million
[6:11] is is in line with previous awards for things like bart to
[6:14] silicon valley caltrain electrification and there are
[6:16] some comparable requests to do the same program for the high
[6:20] desert corridor in l.a. Metro to our south.
[6:23] the portal is the only named project in all of northern
[6:27] california. So despite that lower capacity
[6:31] we have shared our cash flow with cal star and the
[6:32] governor's office so that we can continue working on those
[6:35] durable technical work products to advance the project and have
[6:39] a long term multiyear commitment so we can start
[6:43] negotiating a full funding grant agreement with pall's
[6:46] former colleagues at the federal transit administration
[6:49] . We also helped shepherd ab 2308
[6:53] with assemblymember haney's office to extend the term of
[6:57] collection of net tax increment from the former state owned
[7:01] parcels that were created by the construction of phase one
[7:04] of the transbay program. This will extend that from its
[7:07] current expiration of 2050 through to 2075.
[7:08] so we can harness some of the land values for the unbuilt
[7:14] projects such as parcel f block four and others in the transbay
[7:18] district and we can bond against that longer time frame
[7:22] as a way of meeting our matching requirements.
[7:23] >> so this is good news to us. It's good news to our partners
[7:27] at fta as we continue to advance that funding gap.
[7:30] the governor has until september 30th to sign that
[7:33] bill and we are now starting the local implementation that
[7:36] is a state authorization that we will then need to run
[7:38] through our successor agency to redevelopment the office of
[7:41] community investment and infrastructure as well as
[7:44] our board of supervisors. So with your help we'll be
[7:48] before some of your bodies in the coming months to
[7:49] effectuate that at the local level we are also working to
[7:55] recruit an ac transit representative on our community
[7:59] advisory committee. We have an open seat and invite
[8:03] all submittals from the public. >> submittals are due at the
[8:04] end of the day today we've been out canvasing on the bus deck
[8:11] in our park and out on social media and talking to our
[8:13] colleagues so if you know of a great representative
[8:16] representing riders on the ac transit system please send them
[8:19] our way. We meet monthly and we do
[8:20] provide them some food as they come and talk about the portal
[8:24] and our future. Finally the quarterly financial
[8:27] reports are in your packets and our chief financial officer
[8:30] she members is available should you have any questions?
[8:34] and that concludes the items under my reports and I'm happy
[8:37] to turn it over to our facilities.
[8:38] director and our security director unless you have any
[8:42] questions on what I've just described.
[8:45] colleagues, congratulations on the haynie bill.
[8:50] thank you for your support. All right, let's keep going
[8:53] right mr. Harris good morning vice chair mandolin and the
[9:00] directors. I'm pleased to present the
[9:04] security quarterly update covering the performance from
[9:07] april through june of 2026. Today's presentation cut will
[9:14] cover two main areas. >> first, the performance
[9:17] review of our contract security operations.
[9:21] and second, a strategic briefing on our recently
[9:24] completed multiagency four scale exercise.
[9:29] we remain firmly committed to maintaining the highest
[9:32] standard of safety. >> we remain firmly committed
[9:40] to maintaining the highest standard of safety public
[9:43] welcome in interagency coordination for all our
[9:45] patrons tenants and regional transit operators to ensure the
[9:52] transition operates safely and smoothly.
[9:55] our security contract management focus on three areas
[9:58] and those three areas are personal turnover post staffing
[10:02] and competency testing. >> turning to these three kpis
[10:10] personnel turnover our contractor sets a threshold
[10:14] requiring high staff retention a us achieved about 93% in this
[10:18] category for post staffing. In terms of actual hours worked
[10:25] versus expected scheduled hours a us achieved about 98% and for
[10:32] post insight competency testing across 24 test administered
[10:36] examination ins in q2 to security officers average about
[10:42] 98% significantly above the mandatory 85% passing overall
[10:49] contract security performance for kitty demonstrates
[10:50] excellence. A contract adherence
[10:53] and operational reliability security excellence is
[11:01] ultimately driven by individuals dedication on the
[11:02] front lines. We would like to take a moment
[11:06] to recognize security professional the quarter four
[11:09] key team shadab azizi. >> his commitment embodies
[11:13] security standards and reflects the high caliber of customer
[11:16] service facing security we strive to maintain at the
[11:20] transit center moving from routine operation to
[11:26] specialized emergency preparedness.
[11:27] I want to brief the board on a major inter interagency
[11:31] milestone recently completed at the facility by the
[11:35] transportation security administration.
[11:36] I still program is for intermodal security training an
[11:40] exercise program is a premier federal initiative that funds
[11:43] and support multi-agency readiness the surface
[11:47] transportation hubs. >> some of the milestones if
[11:51] you recall back in february of 2024 tgp was selected by tsa to
[11:55] conduct a initial tabletop exercise evaluating strategic
[11:59] emergency response workflows. >> subsequently based off that
[12:02] tabletop exercise, tsa re selected the tjp back
[12:07] in october of 2025 to organize and execute a full scale
[12:14] exercise just two weeks ago overnight on august 26th
[12:20] through august 27th. We successfully executed a full
[12:21] scale exercise directly inside the transit center.
[12:25] >> this exercise brought over 400 participants including
[12:31] operators, operators, actors, role players, local, regional
[12:33] and federal law enforcement agencies as well as regulatory
[12:37] agencies doing non operational hours with no impact to the
[12:40] morning schedules. The exercise was designed to
[12:50] evaluate four core emergency management objectives one
[12:54] multi-agency interoperability we establish a unified command
[12:59] post integrating surfaces local pd, san francisco fire
[13:03] department, san francisco department of emergency
[13:05] management, tsa and some in our regional transit operators as
[13:09] well as law enforcement. We successfully tested
[13:10] and shared radio frequencies and joint tactical decision
[13:14] making. Number two was the real time
[13:17] operational readiness of participating first responders
[13:20] responded on a realistic time pressures and simulated
[13:24] stresses testing perimeter security control, ground
[13:28] dispersal victim triage and emergency access pathways.
[13:32] three was our emergency operations plan validation
[13:36] exercise are designed to uncover friction points before
[13:37] real incidents occur. We validated our physical
[13:41] security emergency operations plan as well as our security
[13:44] systems integration along with our public address system cctv
[13:48] area tracking and etc.. >> and finally it was the last
[13:55] piece was the federal regulatory compliance.
[13:56] this exercise keeps gpa and puts us at the forefront
[14:00] for future grant opportunities from department homeland
[14:03] security as well as the federal transportation administration.
[14:07] >> in conclusion, t2 has demonstrated a strong baseline
[14:11] performance across all security contracts for kpis along
[14:15] industry leading emergency readiness validated through our
[14:18] federal tsa partners. We remain dedicated to
[14:23] protecting assets, supporting our tenants partners,
[14:27] safeguarding the thousands of passengers who pass through the
[14:31] salesforce transit center every day.
[14:32] I want to thank you, the board for your continued leadership
[14:35] and support and I'm happy to answer any questions colleagues
[14:44] . Yeah.
[14:44] was there coordination with csp since?
[14:50] was there coordination with chp ?
[14:54] >> as you know there might be evacuation that yes, there was
[14:56] some coordination with tsa. I mean chp they didn't play but
[15:02] they just was some observers they came in observed
[15:03] activities. Okay.
[15:06] thank you. Yes, director, this was a
[15:10] significant undertaking. As you can tell from director
[15:15] harris's remarks and photos and I believe was the largest
[15:18] full scale exercise of its kind that tsa has conducted
[15:21] nationally since the pandemic. That is correct.
[15:23] this right. Thank you for your work.
[15:26] thanks for the presentation. Thank you.
[15:32] director walsh. >> all right.
[15:36] we have ari wash our facility director presenting the
[15:39] facility operation quarter update.
[15:43] >> thank you. Good morning.
[15:44] vice chairman doleman and directors.
[15:47] I'm ari walsh, jpa facility director.
[15:51] >> happy to be here with you on this beautiful day.
[15:54] let's kick it off with some fun stuff.
[15:55] so statistic x. Aren't those fun?
[16:00] they're fun when they go in the right direction which this
[16:03] graph shows. We're just showing a pretty
[16:04] significant increase last year and then some stabilization
[16:10] this year still moving in the positive direction but of
[16:12] course we always want to keep progressing and improving those
[16:15] numbers. Some highlights from our summer
[16:18] programing. So august was a very big month
[16:22] for both mr. Harris and myself with his full scale exercise
[16:26] and then we also hosted a three day music festival
[16:30] in salesforce park which was the first one we've ever done
[16:34] there. Lot of work, a lot of fun
[16:37] especially when you bring in bands like tune-yards as we
[16:39] can see here we had over a thousand rsvp for that show
[16:44] which took place in the amphitheater here.
[16:48] and then the next day keep it nice mix of music.
[16:52] we had some free techno with lady starlight and adrienne
[16:56] again 1000 hours vp's very successful and a lot of happy
[17:02] people. Sunday we had suds francisco
[17:06] funk and fermentation festival first of its kind where we
[17:09] celebrated some great funk music and things that are
[17:13] fermented like coffee, beer, caboolture hot sauce, sour toe
[17:17] all great things from san francisco.
[17:21] so again just a very great weekend with no incidents
[17:24] and no issues new amenity alert we got to keep the music going
[17:32] and one way to do that is to add a piano which we did in our
[17:34] wetlands garden. So if you're any good or just a
[17:37] beginner, check it out. We'd love to hear.
[17:40] most of us would love to hear those tunes being played at
[17:47] some upcoming programing preview.
[17:50] so we've got the all women's montclair big band jazz coming
[17:55] this saturday. So check that out at the
[18:00] amphitheater and then we have a math quest coming up to help
[18:03] celebrate transit month here at the transit center.
[18:07] and this math quest is transit themed and is focused on a
[18:11] journey across america which is pretty cool for slide eight
[18:18] here. As director van de water had
[18:19] mentioned, we are working with s.f. Transit riders to
[18:26] celebrate the annual bay area transit month at the transit
[18:29] center. And we've got two great events
[18:30] planned. The first is in and be on
[18:34] saturday the 19th which focuses on high speed rail and will be
[18:37] held in our main plaza of the rooftop park from 2 to 5 p.m..
[18:43] >> then on wednesday the 23rd we're bringing back our second
[18:47] annual pop up transit art fair bringing art vendors and our
[18:51] transit partners together for one lovely afternoon.
[18:54] and we invite the public to join us for this great event
[18:58] which will be at our grand hall on the first floor from 3 to 6
[19:03] p.m. Where we are working with muni to bring out one of their
[19:05] beautiful vintage busses and we'll have some raffle
[19:08] prizes to make things extra fun.
[19:11] >> and also participating in the ride contest which is a
[19:16] tour of the train box in s.f. Transit riders grand prize so
[19:22] you got to enter there sweepstakes there and you could
[19:27] check out our beautiful train box.
[19:30] these events are complemented by free activities in our park
[19:34] for the week of september 22nd and we look forward to seeing
[19:37] you all out there. Just some quick neighborhood
[19:42] updates taking care of the neighborhood is really
[19:45] important obviously. >> and the east cut they don't
[19:49] cut any corners and as you can see here, they've actually
[19:52] wrapped a couple electrical boxes and featuring the transit
[19:56] center in park just one of the many ways that they go about
[19:58] beautifying the area. Some quick economic updates for
[20:04] everyone. While office vacancy is down
[20:08] about 3.5%, we are still over 30% but it is going in the
[20:12] right direction getting a lot of leases signed in primarily
[20:19] driven by growth in the air and tech sector but also with
[20:23] the tourism sector as well. So some positive news there.
[20:27] and then just looked at a few metrics, some a bit of a stats
[20:31] nerd if you couldn't figure that out already and just like
[20:35] looking at metrics like bay area or bay bridge traffic
[20:38] which is at 90% of the 2019 levels downtown bart stations
[20:45] are seeing increased offloading.
[20:48] so a lot of folks are getting off at downtown bart which is
[20:52] great in the revitalization of downtown muni ridership is up
[20:56] and rush hour freeway speeds are down 4% which is showing
[21:01] more congestion which should translate in more people taking
[21:05] transit which we all need. Unfortunately rents have gone
[21:09] up by 14%. It's a but it is showing
[21:12] economic growth. >> tenant updates so we've had
[21:18] the beer bottle kiosk in the grand hall and the beer bottle
[21:22] pergola work kind of on here for a while.
[21:24] >> the main reason is due to the build out costs that beer
[21:27] bottle was seeing. >> so to value engineer those
[21:31] projects we switched to more of a furniture model which is
[21:35] significantly less expensive but activates the space almost
[21:39] as well especially when you add shuffleboard tables and pinball
[21:45] tables and things like that. >> so making some good progress
[21:49] there. And then an update on the p one
[21:52] restaurant on the park level that we were looking into
[21:59] creating an event space there. But we do have an active rfp
[22:01] out right now for a real estate broker.
[22:04] so before we build that out to an event space we want to give
[22:08] them a fair shot at trying to find a long term partner to
[22:12] lease the space. >> and then as always, please
[22:16] be sure to check out our tenants.
[22:17] >> and happy to answer any questions.
[22:22] mr. Lavery. >> yep.
[22:27] thanks, ari. On the art fair I mean I think
[22:28] that sounds really exciting is the emphasis on having at
[22:33] vendors or artists show and if it's artists how you know is
[22:38] there a selection process? >> so the artists it's a little
[22:41] bit of both. Artists can sell things but
[22:45] they don't have to so they can sell a little trinkets and lily
[22:49] madison is doing the real work on this one helping with
[22:52] organizing things. >> but did you want to say
[22:53] anything or do you have any other questions?
[22:57] >> yeah, I guess. I mean just just to flesh out
[22:59] the question is, you know, are that people are they paying for
[23:03] space or are there is there an emphasis on artists showing
[23:05] their work? >> hi, good morning directors
[23:08] lily work communications and legislative affairs
[23:11] director thank you for the question.
[23:12] I. >> director library they we
[23:15] invited members vendors that participated last year and we
[23:19] did also a call out we actually did a partnership with art span
[23:25] which was a dual post on social media and they also sent it out
[23:30] through e-newsletter and then we're also recruiting as others
[23:34] are interested as we have space there's no cost to participate.
[23:38] >> we aren't charging them. We are requiring them to
[23:42] provide a license agreement just to be on site with a
[23:43] certificate of insurance as needed.
[23:46] >> and then also we are asking them to sell their merchandise
[23:50] as well as bart and muni will also be selling and then
[23:54] transit partners will be providing information.
[23:57] >> yeah great. And I think it's great that
[23:59] we're reaching out and interacting with different
[24:02] populations in that right and the artist community will
[24:05] yeah and we were keen on the fact that you called out art
[24:09] span last year and wanted to ensure that we have that open
[24:12] line of communication with them so they'll be there.
[24:13] thank you. >> great, thank you.
[24:19] all right. Thank you.
[24:19] thank you. >> it's truly a fun event.
[24:23] you'll see soft goods, painted goods, prints, other things
[24:26] that celebrate the transit network.
[24:30] so there will be probably some ac transit muni bart taipei
[24:34] other representation amongst the art so it's a nice merging
[24:37] of the art and transit worlds. >> all right.
[24:41] let's go on to our next item that will be we'll be checking
[24:46] for a public comment checking public comment in the room
[24:49] don't seen check in for public comment online.
[24:57] I don't see an item that we can move on to the next art
[25:00] directors. Item six is the cac update
[25:04] and the cac chair brian larkin will address you on this item.
[25:11] >> well good morning board members vice chairman adelman
[25:15] board members both new and old .
[25:19] I'm here to report I'm the chair of your citizens lives
[25:20] committee. I'm here to report on our
[25:23] meeting of this past tuesday, september 8th.
[25:25] our agenda included a monthly staff report, quarterly updates
[25:29] on security and facility operations and finally on the
[25:33] portal will emerge as well from whom you've just heard they
[25:37] gave the staff report. Martin munoz asked if the
[25:41] governor was likely to sign matt haney's bill ab 2308 which
[25:45] was to extend a period of collection from other tax
[25:49] revenue bonds from 2015 to 2075.
[25:52] rodney harris gave a security update all as well on that
[25:56] front joslyn tom thompson asks the reason for the full scale
[26:01] april exercise oh and the committee wished well should
[26:07] office who was their quarterly employee or officer of the most
[26:13] recent one who is now going to work for as a san francisco
[26:15] police officer out of the frying pan and into the fire,
[26:21] ari walsh gave his update on facility operations.
[26:26] paul met paul bendix asked if there has been more tourism at
[26:30] the portal, henry camilla was asked a question that was much
[26:34] more relevant to the high speed rail project than to the portal
[26:41] but he got an answer just the same.
[26:42] henry also asked if the portal could be used to host more
[26:45] major events alfonso rodriguez and gave the portal update eric
[26:52] shot meyer asked about the completion of the portal they
[26:55] how about the competition part made the competition the portal
[27:00] faces for state funding rokita hartley asked that detailed
[27:03] question on the earn earn value management update that alfonzo
[27:07] had provided. Eric was were more detail on
[27:11] the schedule of the acquisition of right away and finally
[27:14] regarding memorandum of understanding is among the
[27:19] agency partners in the t.j. Pay I asked if there has been a
[27:24] discussion of the cost level which though the approval would
[27:27] be required for change orders for instance both for design
[27:31] contractors and for construction contractors.
[27:35] I work for a board for about a dozen years and our process for
[27:42] addressing our board was staff time intensive often to no
[27:47] positive effect that I could see.
[27:50] so I'm just I would like to see that the level if not low is
[27:54] appropriate for the business that they're trying to conduct
[28:01] . That's it from our september
[28:02] meeting. >> thank you mr. Rector's.
[28:08] all right. I'll see you on october.
[28:11] all right. I'll be checking for public
[28:12] comment in the room. You don't see any.
[28:16] I will be checking public comment online.
[28:20] I don't see any we want to claim effect directors item
[28:26] seven is public comment an opportunity for members of the
[28:27] public? I may address authority on
[28:29] matters that are within the authority's jurisdiction
[28:32] and are not in today's calendar the target for public comment
[28:41] in the room don't see any checking for public online.
[28:45] we do have a caller. >> callers that your name
[28:54] morning good morning directors this is all to bryan some of
[29:00] the apologize for any background noise I'd like to
[29:02] briefly speak to the proposal addressed to the mkc
[29:07] and tactics committee two weeks ago which is a
[29:12] $20,000,000,000.50 concession between euro and emeryville
[29:17] including a new transbay tunnel only have two minutes that will
[29:21] just speak to the business case for a concession model rather
[29:23] than any of the elements between emeryville and gilroy.
[29:27] I would like to start by reiterating that we can't carry
[29:32] on with the current public sector model.
[29:33] we should wait billions of dollars on consultants to drag
[29:39] this project long enough to reach retirement.
[29:43] this is the exact opposite of a private sector concessions on
[29:47] their lowest incentivized to complete construction below
[29:51] budget and ahead of schedule so that they can start operations
[29:56] as soon as possible and revenues and then sorry
[30:03] that the vehicle that was going behind me and then followed by
[30:07] profits that was the extent of snc $38 billion proposal to
[30:11] land a lee to san francisco in two hours and 40 minutes $38
[30:17] billion back in 2000 then might have ever all to go away but
[30:22] also to break it up they did you know what they did?
[30:25] they went to morocco. They delivered morocco high
[30:29] speed rail 200 miles. Those stations got $2 billion.
[30:34] seven years later they're probably going to come back
[30:40] bidding for this concession. Please don't tell them to go
[30:41] away again. >> thank you.
[30:44] thank you. >> okay, that concludes public
[30:55] comment. And next I think I have 13
[30:58] under that item where and I'm I apologize for what tag teaming
[31:03] here director kirschbaum is still slightly delayed so we're
[31:06] going to go ahead and jump to the next presentation item so
[31:09] we can wait for her as we need to for the action items with
[31:11] that will you please call item 13?
[31:13] >> yes, item 13 directors 1813 is the airport update
[31:19] and monthly status reports for july and august 2026.
[31:22] afonso the product director sorry alfonso rodriguez the
[31:26] port project director will present item I have a queued up
[31:30] on the computer. Good morning vice chairman
[31:34] elman directors I have a briefer version of our update
[31:38] for the portal for you this month and two contracts I
[31:41] wanted to note today one is an enabling works contract that
[31:44] will allow us to relocate utilities on townsend street
[31:49] in advance of heavy construction along the
[31:50] alignment. But first we need to hire the
[31:53] designer of record the rfq for the solicitation is expected to
[31:57] be released later this month. Second procurement which is our
[32:01] largest scope element of the entire program which is hiring
[32:05] the designer to complete design and to build the civil
[32:09] and tunnel scope elements of the portal is a procurement
[32:12] under in progress right now and we are using a progressive
[32:16] design build approach. We expect the proposals to come
[32:19] in on that scope of work by the end of this month.
[32:22] other items listed here are in support of our successful
[32:27] delivery of the pre-construction phase and that
[32:28] is we will be turning our attention immediately to
[32:31] procuring the engineer if not the engineer record excuse me
[32:35] an engineering consultant that will help support us with all
[32:38] the design deliverables and design reviews necessary
[32:39] for the progressive design build contract.
[32:42] that solicitation will begin soon as this ten your rfq is
[32:46] out the door or yes. Next item is our two documents
[32:53] that are pretty key and helping us advance all of our contracts
[32:57] in the program. That's the change management
[32:58] plan and another document that's called the change
[33:01] control board charter. You might recall that in our
[33:05] mou with our five agency partners we said that we would
[33:08] create a change control board. The charter explains their role
[33:12] and responsibilities but that the key to support such a
[33:15] charter is the change management plan.
[33:19] that change management plan will define roles
[33:22] and responsibilities to receive process any requested changes
[33:25] establish the delegations of authority to do so and the
[33:30] process for which that entire workflow occurs.
[33:34] speaking of workflow we're also developing a mapping of the
[33:38] entire workflow which shows the process of all of the
[33:42] deliverable urls not just changes but the list of
[33:46] deliverables that the progressive design build
[33:49] contractor is asked to submit in then explains how we receive
[33:52] them, process some, review them and approve them.
[34:02] it's a complicated process so mapping is important for common
[34:10] understanding between the contractor and this agency
[34:14] and finally something that we call open book estimating when
[34:16] the progressive design build contractor joins us that first
[34:21] phase is to advance design but we want to advance design with
[34:24] visibility of the cost associated with that design not
[34:28] just the cost but the cost of construction.
[34:29] so open book estimating is the process that will ensure
[34:33] visible bility of how design decisions are going to
[34:36] translate into construction cost.
[34:43] I mentioned in past presentations we've begun a
[34:44] right away acquisition program and we've released two offers
[34:48] on two parcels for appraisals are in process.
[34:52] the fta is reviewing a couple of them.
[34:55] we are also advancing the work that will lead us to a request
[34:59] before the board of supervisors to obtain a subsurface easement
[35:02] which will allow us to build the tunnel and occupy the
[35:04] street that begins with a record a survey public works is
[35:07] reviewing it that's almost complete.
[35:11] once that's complete we'll be able to begin the legal
[35:12] description for the subsurface easement.
[35:17] >> risk management is something I've talked about over the
[35:18] years and that is the cornerstone of our project
[35:22] delivery. What I wanted to highlight to
[35:24] the board is that we are taking a more active approach to risk
[35:29] management in preparation for onboarding our progressive
[35:32] design build contractor. That means that a risk
[35:33] management plan is being updated to identify measures
[35:40] that more actively manage, mitigate, report and resolve
[35:44] risks and that a process is ongoing with our agency
[35:45] partners will have an updated management plan for their
[35:49] review. But I want to thank the county
[35:52] transportation authority for their assistance in having us
[35:56] shift gears to a more risk management approach and the fta
[36:00] that is our constant partner in all things risk management.
[36:06] lastly I want to show the months that lie ahead some of
[36:11] the durable work that we are planning to do.
[36:14] these are topics that I normally don't present to the
[36:15] board the first is something that you heard a moment about
[36:21] earlier about is the early earn value management module of our
[36:25] project management information system.
[36:28] what is that? It's a it's a component of our
[36:32] management toolkit that allows us to measure progress on
[36:36] deliverables both professional services and construction
[36:39] contracts to ensure progress is matching our spend and it gives
[36:43] earned value visibility on on our expenditure we are updating
[36:48] both our capital and our operating funding plans at
[36:51] present. That's a task that will
[36:52] continue throughout the balance of this calendar year.
[36:55] and then of course we're getting ready to meet the next
[36:59] stage gate requirement that is will appear before this board
[37:04] concurrent with your we hope requested action to award a
[37:08] contract for the progressive design build contract.
[37:11] there are a couple of things that the blueprint have asked
[37:14] us to complete and it'll be presented to you concurrently
[37:19] with the recommendation to award the contract.
[37:22] that concludes my presentation high level of the portal I'm
[37:25] available to answer any questions you might have.
[37:29] >> colleagues, thank you for the update.
[37:33] thank you. All right.
[37:43] at this time we'll be checking in for public comment and I
[37:47] come in in the room and don't see any public comment online
[37:50] and don't send any. Move on to your next item.
[37:55] please do. Or back to before.
[38:04] yes. Before moving to our next item,
[38:05] I would like to note that the right direction has arrived
[38:09] and we have quorum. All right.
[38:14] >> I think we're on item eight. All right.
[38:16] item eight is consent calendar directors all matters are
[38:21] considered to be routine and will be acted upon a single
[38:25] vote. There will be no separate
[38:26] discussion on these items unless a member of the board or
[38:28] the public so request and which event of the matter shall be
[38:33] removed for the consent calendar and considered as a
[38:34] separate item for public comment in the room see cnn any
[38:42] take for pas coming online? I don't see any directors.
[38:45] I have not received any indication that a member of the
[38:47] board or public wishes to have any items considered separately
[38:51] and confirming there is no public comment.
[38:54] your items are 8.1 approving the minutes of july 9th at 2026
[39:00] meeting 8.2 ratification of the board chair slash advisory ad
[39:06] hoc committee to assess the organization to ensure a
[39:10] success in continuing to do a mission of managing
[39:12] and maintaining the transit center and delivering the
[39:14] portal project 8.3 approving amendment to the board policy
[39:19] number eight travel conference travel conference and business
[39:23] expense policy. That concludes the consent
[39:24] calendar. >> all right colleagues, could
[39:28] I have a motion to approve consent calendar to move to
[39:35] second director library has moved rector kirschbaum has
[39:39] seconded with it first and second motion that there
[39:43] concurred I concur I. Director cushman I kirschbaum I
[39:47] do regulatory I library I go to see I i3i and vice chair
[39:54] amendment I amendment I consent calendar is approved.
[39:58] I ready to move to the regular calendar please do affect
[40:04] directors item nine is approving the teacher pays
[40:07] title six program for the training period of october 1st
[40:10] 26 to september 30th 29 for the chance transbay program and you
[40:14] as several procurement and contract compliance manager
[40:17] will be sent in will be presenting item.
[40:26] >> good morning vice chair amendment and directors.
[40:31] my name is ines acevedo and I serve as epa's procurement
[40:34] and contract compliance manager.
[40:35] today I'll be presenting the title six program update.
[40:41] so because tgp receives federal funding it must comply with
[40:45] title six of the civil rights act of 1964 and related federal
[40:48] nondiscrimination requirements. Title six prohibits
[40:53] discrimination based on race, color or national origin
[40:56] in programs or activities that receive federal financial
[40:59] assistance. The epa submits its title six
[41:02] program update to the fta every three years.
[41:06] the update outlines how epa works to ensure
[41:09] nondiscrimination in the in the public I'm sorry in the public
[41:13] services it provides this plan before you covers the period
[41:17] from october 1st, 2026 through september 30th 2029 a title six
[41:23] program must address nine required elements
[41:26] and consistent with the 2023 update elements seven and eight
[41:29] do not apply to t jpa because it has no federal funding
[41:33] subdisciplines and construction of the new facility took place
[41:37] outside of this covered the period covered by this update.
[41:43] >> the public participation plan summarizes outreach
[41:47] conducted since the last title six update.
[41:51] it describes how jpa currently gathers input shares
[41:54] information about its programs and services and identifies
[41:58] future opportunities to engage traditionally underrepresented
[42:02] or under underserved underserved communities.
[42:06] >> the language assistance assistance plan reviewed data
[42:11] from several counties served by transit operators to identify
[42:15] languages that may require support.
[42:17] 19 discrete languages qualify as safe harbor languages with
[42:19] chinese and spanish being the most frequently spoken
[42:23] languages. Safe harbor language is one
[42:26] spoken by either 1000 individuals or 5% of the
[42:29] affected limited english proficient population whichever
[42:33] is less. In the previous update from
[42:36] 2023 we had 20 languages other than chinese and spanish
[42:43] and those included bengali, polish and german which were
[42:46] not listed this time around. So under title six jpa must
[42:51] translate vital written documents into languages most
[42:55] frequently encountered by the lep customers.
[42:59] federal guidance defines vital written documents to include
[43:03] consent and complaint forms intake and application forms
[43:07] with important consequences. Written notices of rights
[43:10] notices of denials, losses or reductions in benefits or
[43:14] services and notices about free language assistance services
[43:17] tgp currently provides chinese and spanish translations of the
[43:22] title six public notices. The title six complaint forms
[43:23] and procedures is notices of free language assistance
[43:27] and public hearing notices including the board and cac
[43:31] meeting notices. >> and with that I'm happy to
[43:35] answer any questions you may have.
[43:37] >> thank you for the presentation.
[43:41] >> colleagues like we don't have any questions at this time
[43:46] or tech for public comment and none in any in the room.
[43:49] check in for about online. I don't see any.
[43:53] no no public comment at this time.
[43:58] >> thank you. Could I have a motion to
[43:59] approve item nine moved by director sweets and second
[44:04] seconded by director kincaid. All right.
[44:09] with a first and second motion. Director kincaid I conclude I.
[44:13] director kirschbaum I respond I do, I do.
[44:17] larry, I larry I do. I do sweet.
[44:18] I sweet I and vice chairman I mean I.
[44:21] amendment I item nine is approved moving on to your next
[44:24] item thank you directors item ten is authorizing the
[44:31] executive director to execute amendment four to the armed
[44:34] unarmed contract security service agreement with allied
[44:38] university security services extending the contract term by
[44:41] three months and adding. Amount not to exceed $1,389,344
[44:47] bringing to the total contract authorization of $28,614,342 to
[44:54] ensure a continuous coverage for the sales for the center
[44:59] while a new procurement process is complete.
[45:02] and then you'll have ronnie harris chief security officer
[45:06] and I need several procurement contract compliance manager
[45:09] we'll be available for questions available for they're
[45:13] available for questions below for questions.
[45:17] >> got it. Any questions?
[45:19] >> yes. Hi.
[45:24] no concern I know this has been an award winning.
[45:28] security approach but I know this is a very short extension.
[45:32] does that really give you the runway that you need to onboard
[45:36] and implement a new contract? >> yes, it does.
[45:40] we have we closed the procurement closes on october
[45:44] 31st which gives us enough time to come to the board
[45:47] in december and to make the transition for january 2027.
[45:51] >> thank you. All right.
[45:59] looks like we're good. Can I have a and we did we take
[46:02] public comment on this? >> all right or at this time we
[46:07] take it for a public comment in the room.
[46:08] I don't see any checking for public online.
[46:10] I don't see any and no public comment at this time.
[46:14] >> I can have a motion to approve.
[46:17] motion to approve. Motion to approve from
[46:21] kirschbaum is there a second second and by sweet with the
[46:25] first and second motion director kincaid I can get I
[46:29] direct your kirschbaum by push from I dr. Library I.
[46:32] library I dr. Sweet high street I and vice chair amendment I I
[46:37] item ten is approved moving on to your next item authorize
[46:42] directors item 11 is authorizing the executive
[46:47] director to execute a participant addendum to the
[46:50] special master agreement with atlantic insurance services to
[46:53] provide at risk management insurance consulting.
[46:55] on your owner control insurance program administration claim
[46:58] management lost control and related services for phase
[47:03] two of the transbay program for an initial ten year term with a
[47:07] compensation determined in accordance with appendix b
[47:08] calculation of charges of the purchase of it and then them
[47:13] cfo. As I will be presenting the
[47:16] item thank you. >> good morning vice-chairman
[47:20] admin and board directors the item before you is a request to
[47:24] authorize executive director to execute a participating
[47:28] addendum with alliance insurance services under the
[47:31] source of all master agreement to provide risk management,
[47:35] insurance consulting and administration for the
[47:36] owner controlled insurance program.
[47:39] also known as osip for the portal in consultation with the
[47:43] risk management experts recommend aided by the senior
[47:47] risk manager staff evaluated all possible options for risk
[47:51] management for the program and determined that the owner
[47:56] controlled insurance program is an appropriate insurance
[47:57] structure for the construction packages of the portal that
[48:01] also will provide centralized. Insurance coverage
[48:04] and administration along with claim management loss control
[48:08] contractor enrollment and is cost beneficial to procure the
[48:14] services. The staff leveraged a source of
[48:15] all cooperative agreement which was competitively procured
[48:19] and and included the services required by the.
[48:23] through this process the staff selected a client to perform
[48:27] the service required for the portal also have insurance
[48:30] and entered into negotiations a client is also t.j. Is current
[48:34] insurance broker for the transit center and has
[48:38] extensive knowledge of his insurance program and risk
[48:42] profile providing continuity. We as we move into the
[48:46] construction of the phase two through the source of all
[48:51] master agreement a client also provided a discounted rate to
[48:54] the tga that was very beneficial.
[48:57] >> the proposed agreement has an initial term of ten years
[49:01] with an administrative fee of $2.4 million based on estimated
[49:08] construction cost of $4 billion.
[49:09] adjustment to the fee based on the actual cost of the
[49:13] construction is outlined in detail in appendix b of the
[49:16] contract a staff recommends that the board authorize
[49:20] executive director to execute the participating agenda with
[49:25] alliance insurance services. Mike davidson from alliance is
[49:29] here with me to answer any questions you may have.
[49:35] thank you for the presentation. I don't see questions.
[49:39] >> let's go to public comment and write a check in for a
[49:41] public comment in the room. I don't see any check in for
[49:44] public comment online. Don't see any there's no public
[49:48] comment at this time. >> right.
[49:52] could I have a motion to approve so move move by kincaid
[49:55] can I have a second back in sweet with the first
[50:00] and second motion director kincaid I can get I.
[50:03] director kirschbaum I kirschbaum I director library
[50:08] high library I director suite I read I and vice chairman I know
[50:15] when item 11 is approved thank you directors I'm moving on to
[50:19] your next item. Directors item item 12 is
[50:23] authorizing the executive director to exceed a general
[50:26] service services agreement for janitorial services with abm
[50:30] industries group for the salesforce transit center for
[50:34] an amount not to exceed $7,555,900 over a five year
[50:41] term we have already. Walsh, our facility director to
[50:44] present an item hello again vice chair mendelson
[50:48] and directors. I'm mary walsh t jpa facility
[50:50] director. I do not have a presentation
[50:52] but I just want to provide a few highlights from the
[50:54] procurement that we recently performed for janitorial
[50:57] services so. Keeping it to three bullet
[51:00] points number one. Service levels we enjoyed today
[51:04] will remain the same and have not been reduced.
[51:08] number two tj apa is reinforcing its commitment to
[51:11] the city's zero waste program by employing a full time zero
[51:15] waste facilitator and three we were able to secure a five year
[51:20] commitment at prices lower than what we paid today thanks to a
[51:23] highly competitive market which is excellent.
[51:26] specifically regarding the invitation for bids, another
[51:30] term for an rfp we received eight total bids, seven of
[51:35] which were deemed responsive through a competitive bid
[51:36] process. Also I am joined here today by
[51:42] cynthia chavez from abm. If you have any questions for
[51:45] me or our contractor. >> lastly I am requesting
[51:49] authorization for the executive director to execute a
[51:53] professional services contract with abm industry groups for an
[51:54] amount not to exceed $7,555,900.
[52:00] >> over a five year term happy to answer any questions I, I
[52:08] don't think I see questions. >> all right.
[52:12] let's go to public comment. All right.
[52:13] thank you. Take it for public comment
[52:16] in the room I don't see any check in for public comment
[52:20] online. Don't see any no public comment
[52:23] at this time. >> all right.
[52:24] can I have a motion to approve a move to approve move by larry
[52:30] second seconded by kirschbaum. >> all right.
[52:31] with the first and second motion director kincaid by
[52:34] kincaid I'd like to respond. I presume I direct your library
[52:40] . All right, larry, I do.
[52:41] I disagree. I mean I and vice your
[52:45] amendment I. Okay.
[52:45] item 12 is approved and directors if that that
[52:48] concludes your agenda for today we are adjourned